Linux-Misc Digest #521, Volume #21 Mon, 23 Aug 99 22:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Selecting GUIs? (Dave Brown)
Re: Cracks for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: win95 partition ownership? (Robert Heller)
Re: Is 3com's Office Connect ISDN modem overkill? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cracks for Linux? that's unfortunate ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: *nix vs. MS security (John Girash)
Re: ISDN or 2-56k Modems and RH 6.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Communicator 4.6 kills itself (Douglas Hill)
Unix & PC history, Re: WTF is the difference between Linux and FreeBSD??? (Cameron
L. Spitzer)
Re: Communicator 4.6 kills itself ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: TARing to a backup disk (John Thompson)
Re: Random Lockups and Freezes (steve mcadams)
Re: What is the reasoning behind "stay away from root"? (John Hasler)
Re: Serial Port Spiking (John Hasler)
problem setting up a PCMCIA CD-ROM (Fred Horan)
Maximum Ram? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
386 no CD-ROM help?? (Douglas Hill)
Re: RH 6.0 and Iomega PP zip driver (Adrian Hands)
Re: Maximum Ram? (Eric)
Re: Reduce Log File Size - How? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.0 and Iomega PP zip driver (Adrian Hands)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Selecting GUIs?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Aug 99 23:56:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, NF Stevens wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Abbadon) wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>but I only use the panel and even then not that much) put in .xinitrc
>>
>>exec gnome-session
>>exec panel
>>exec (window manager of choice)
>>
>...
>You only need the first of these (exec gnome-session). The session manager
>will start up the window manager, the panel and any other applications you
>have told it to start.
Yeah, anything after the first exec will never see the light of
day as at that point, the .xinitrc script is replaced by gnome-session.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux?
Date: 23 Aug 1999 17:29:35 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Earl) writes:
[snip]
> I got it to work by typing in (as root):
>
> cd /
> rm -rf *
>
> After that I didn't have any problems with OSS/Linux asking me to register it.
> I think that it removes the nagware config file or something.
it didn't seem to work for me...
rm: /bin/rm: Text file busy
are they using some eleet copy protection or something?
andru
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: win95 partition ownership?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:59:59 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug O'Leary),
In a message on Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:58:02 -0500, wrote :
DO>
DO> Hey;
DO>
DO> I've got a limited amount of space on my Linux partition and about 800
DO> megs on one of my win95 partitions. What I'd like to do is install
DO> Oracle for Linux via Linux on the win95 partition; however, I can't seem
DO> to change the ownership of a directory - says something like "Operation
DO> not supported". I've also tried chmod 777 dir; however, that doesn't
DO> work either.
The FAT file system (used by MS-DOS and MS-Windows 3.11, '95, '98) does
not support file ownership or permissions (at least not anything like
UNIX). 'chown' is meaningless for a FAT file system since MS-* has no
uids or gids -- it is a no op. 'chmod' does little (it might be possible
to set/clear 'owner' execute and write bits).
DO>
DO> Is there a way to allow a non root user access to a directory on a win95
DO> partition? Or, failing that, is there a way to mount the partition with
DO> permissions for someone other than root?
YES. You set the 'ownership' and 'permissions' on a bulk (whole file
system) basis on mount. Use the mount options 'uid=', 'gid=', and
'umask=' (from 'man 8 mount'):
Mount options for fat
(Note: fat is not a separate filesystem, but a common part
of the msdos, umsdos and vfat filesystems.)
uid=value and gid=value
Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the
uid and gid of the current process.)
umask=value
Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that
are not present). The default is the umask of the
current process. The value is given in octal.
Include 'uid=', 'gid=', and 'umask=' on either your mount command or in
your /etc/fstab file.
DO>
DO> Any tips will be greatly appreciated.
DO>
DO> Doug
DO> --
DO> ==============
DO> Douglas K. O'Leary
DO> Senior System Admin
DO> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DO> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DO> ==============
DO>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Is 3com's Office Connect ISDN modem overkill?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:08:26 GMT
Steve,
I am doing the same thing BUT I have not received my ISDN yet (~3 wks to
go). One thing I noticed in reading some vendor www docs is that you
*might* have problems with NAT and running your own Quake server and/or
allowing multiple PC's thru NAT to play in your hosted game -or- on the
same server on the net. The reason is NAT (remember that your ISDN
router will get the REAL IP address from your ISP and not your connected
PC(s) which typically get a private address that the ISDN router
handles). The reason for the problem is a Quake server wouldn't know
which PC on your LAN (asuming an ISDN router and 2+ PC's) is the IP
address your router received when you dialed in. The doc below states: "
Certain Quake servers do not allow multiple users to login using the
same unique IP, so only one Quake user will be allowed in this case.
Moreover, when a Quake server is configured behind SUA (Single User
Account) Prestige will not be able to provide information of that server
on the internet". So, this product (and maybe SUA) is worthless, right?
My reference article is:
http://www.zyxel.com/doc/p202/ap_note/isdn/sua_ap.htm for their Prestige
202 ISDN Router (one of the ones I've looked at).
IF ANYONE KNOWS A WAY AROUND THIS *PLEASE* CORRECT ME (and the vendor)!
In article <7pmvqm$hpe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Steve Ferrante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to switch from a dialup ISP to ISDN. I heard about bottlenecks
--<snip>--
> If this more expensive than in other areas? Are there other choices
for
> ISDN service besides BA in North Jersey?
In western Virginia, Sprint is charging about $ 45/mth for unlimited
local ISDN 2B1D circuits plus your ISP fee (~$40/mth for 150 hrs dual
channel avg.) The local telco can charge what they are tarriffed for
which means if they are tarriffed for business ISDN but not residential
ISDN you'll pay more! Call them and ask what they are tarriffed for.
> Thanks,
> Steve Ferrante
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux? that's unfortunate
Date: 23 Aug 1999 17:34:03 -0700
"Abhishek Srivastava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Asking for Crack software for linux is Stupid !!
> when u get *almost* all things for free. To pay
> USD 20 for such a wonderfull system should hurt at all.
>
> The linux community should support the organizations that make
> Linux software.
$20 is fine. what hurts is not getting GPL compatible source code. I
would pay *more* for the driver that comes with the kernel than the
one they sell, because it comes with GPL compatible source.
andru
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: *nix vs. MS security
Date: 22 Aug 1999 12:34:17 -0500
In comp.os.linux.misc Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>So, unless he's worked at MS and seen the source code, your prof doesn't know
:>anything more about WindowsXX than anyone else and has no business making
:>such statements. (Now, if he had actual research to back up an empirically-
: Why do you assume his school doesn't have an NT source license?
I don't assume it -- I forgot it was possible ;-) My first post wasn't as
clear on the point as it should have been though: in addition to it being
required that the prof have seen the source in order to credibly make that
statement, in order for it to mean anything to the students in an academic
setting, *they* have to have access to the source as well, so that they
can verify and learn the reasoning being the statement for themselves.
That's why I said that in academics, an OS w/o source is useless. And I
seriously doubt an educational NT source licence lets you distribute it to
students in a general-admission class (as opposed to a research setting).
Of course, I've been exactly wrong on this sort of thing before :-)
cheers
jg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ISDN or 2-56k Modems and RH 6.0
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:55:55 GMT
> Linux- What I need to know is which is easier to setup under RH
> Linux 6.0 ? <as I don't have alot of spare time (who does?)>.
I have ISDN under RH6.0 and I have previously used a 56k modem. For
sheer speed, go with ISDN. As it is pure digital you will get faster
connect speeds than analog modems. Using analog modem over my ISDN line
I can get only 50k connects.
Which is easier to setup? For me it was ISDN because I installed an
external Terminal Adapter (ISDN 'Modem') making setup a breeze. If you
go with internal TA then I don't know which would be easier.
My concern is cost...ISDN around here will empty your wallet in no time.
Not only is the ISDN equipment more expensive than analog modems, the
Bell Company will soak you for setup costs and per/minute charges.
If you have specific questions I would be willing to respond.
Dan
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:10:36 -0500
From: Douglas Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,aus.comuters.linux
Subject: Re: Communicator 4.6 kills itself
I strongly disagree. IE is a weak-sister copy of Navigator, a uselessly
bloated warthog of a program, which brings down my OS every time I'm forced to
upgrade IE to access support options at Microsoft.com., not that MS offers much
support. The "Active Desktop" = the "Dead Box". Thanks for letting me rant a
little.
Douglas Hill
Austin, TX
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "David L. Johnson" wrote:
> >
> > Lee Revell wrote:
> >
> > > turned off Java. Netscape is a prety shoddy piece of software in
> > > general - you can't copy and paste the normal X way, you have to select
> > > the text, Edit | Copy, then Edit | Paste, just like in MS Windows. I
> > > would use IE in a heartbeat if it were ever ported to linux.
> >
> > Whatever gives you the idea that IE would be any better than netscape?
> >
>
> Well, for one thing, you could be reading a large document (some /.
> threads come to mind) and you could follow a link, and when you hit
> 'back', it would take you back to exactly where you were in the previous
> document, like IE does, instead of having to scroll through 5 screens to
> find where you were.
>
> I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but IE is clearly a superior
> browser.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Unix & PC history, Re: WTF is the difference between Linux and FreeBSD???
Date: 23 Aug 1999 23:27:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Heeeeeeeez back! wrote:
>Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> AT&T was not interested in making an operating system, specifically.
>
>> Close enough. They were trying to make a system written in some sort of
>> language that allowed them to do more things on a computer. That is an OS
>> isn't it?
The version of this story I heard was that the project was to create
a phototypesetting system, and the engineers decided to write a portable
OS to host it so they wouldn't have to redo the typesetter when a new
computr came along. They squandered most of the time writing unix
and hacked out troff/nroff (the typesetter) at the last minute.
One sub-version of this story is that part of the project was funded by
DARPA under its IRAD corporate welfare gravy boat program. Now, the IRAD
(Independent Research and Development) program was supposed to return
grants products to DARPA where they would become the property of the
US Government. But it was standard Beltway Bandit defense contractor
practice to burn IRAD money and tell DARPA, "sorry, that project didn't
go anywhere," and then turn around the next year and by an Amazing
Coincidence [tm] invent something really similar in another part of the
company where it could be patented. *If* that's what happened, then
AT&T's ownership of unix for the years the set-user-ID patent was in
effect, which prevented free clones from being written during that time,
is a fairly major scandal.
>>> IBM never wanted Windows. IBM bought copies of MS-DOS for the IBM PC.
IBM didn't even want the PC. It was a farmed-out design job that was
only supposed to be bid to government agencies. It kind'a leaked into
the product line because there was nothing in the corporate product line
to meet the need for an open 8-bit desktop with slots.
>And unfortunatey, the person who owned the rights to the other OS (which was
>much more mature, namely CP/M) was out of reach on a boat at the time, and
>they stupidly opted for Gates...
If you believe that story, I have some oceanfront property to sell you
in Nebraska. I have seen it in print and in PBS documentaries, over and
over and over, but it always has the stamp of Microsoft Public Relations
on it. (And that goes for the story of wonder kid Bill Gates writing
a BASIC interpreter on a plane ride, too. Gates is a marketing guy;
I'd be astonished if he ever wrote a line of code in his life.)
The more likely version is that although the Data Entry Division had
the PC designed (by a consulting firm in Florida) to run CP/M,
IBM corporate didn't want a CP/M machine because CP/M was already
a commodity in the market, so IBM corporate overruled the DED's
design decision. By the time the PC was announced, there were popular
desktop CP/M boxes from everybody from DEC to Xerox to Sanyo.
The Xerox 820 even had clones.
There is also a political connection. Gates' mother worked at a law
firm or ad agency that that IBM was working with, and had some
influence at IBM headquarters. They never mention that in the
PBS docu-dramas.
>> Do you know if Minix was a free system or what kind of computers it worked
>> on?
Minix was for sale, through Prentice Hall, which published Tanenbaum's
book about it. There were use restrictions on it to avoid stepping on
AT&T's patent too hard.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,aus.comuters.linux
Subject: Re: Communicator 4.6 kills itself
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:43:12 GMT
"David L. Johnson" wrote:
>
> Lee Revell wrote:
>
> > turned off Java. Netscape is a prety shoddy piece of software in
> > general - you can't copy and paste the normal X way, you have to select
> > the text, Edit | Copy, then Edit | Paste, just like in MS Windows. I
> > would use IE in a heartbeat if it were ever ported to linux.
>
> Whatever gives you the idea that IE would be any better than netscape?
>
Well, for one thing, you could be reading a large document (some /.
threads come to mind) and you could follow a link, and when you hit
'back', it would take you back to exactly where you were in the previous
document, like IE does, instead of having to scroll through 5 screens to
find where you were.
I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but IE is clearly a superior
browser.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TARing to a backup disk
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:32:07 -0600
Al Nios wrote:
> I have a tape backup at /dev/st0 - I performed a backup using the tar
> program, and the output was saved properly to the device. When I try to TAR
> another directory, it seems that the first tar file on the tape backup disk
> is erased? Is that how it's suppose to work? DO I have to append the first
> tar files when adding new backups to the tape drive?
>
> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
/dev/st0 is a rewinding tape device; when you write a new
archive it starts at the beginning of the tape, overwriting
whatever may have been there before. If you want to put
multiple archives on a tape, use the non-rewinding device
/dev/nst0
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: steve mcadams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Random Lockups and Freezes
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:56:02 -0600
i have had similar problems on an HP system running NT. every once in a
while the mouse locks up; luckily the keyboard usually still functions. i
don't suppose your box is an HP, is it? i have a feeling they use a
modified bios but i have no evidence to back this up. however you say you
have had these problems from day 1. i would have suspected the video card
but you've tried replacing it and chances of having two bad ones are awfully
slim. suggest you check your bios if it's not a box you put together
yourself, and see if it's standard or modified. i've not pursued the
problem on the box i'm using because it's not running anything remotely
critical, and only happens about once a month; it's cheaper to reboot than
dig for it in my situation.
Mike Brown wrote:
> I have been having an interrmitent lockup problem with my Linux
> system. Randomly the whole machine will lock. Nothing I can do will
> free it. There is no response from the keyboard at all so I can't get
> to another console or kill X. The mouse completely stops. The only
> thing to get it back is a complete hard system reset. Not a good thing
> to do. It seems to be generaly associated with some kind of graphic
> action.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is the reasoning behind "stay away from root"?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:10:21 GMT
> So why stress the paranoia buildup against using root?
Because root can do so much damage.
> I can't go through a single DAY without needing to do some root-actions.
man sudo.
> So that's why I'm root all the time.
It's your data. You do have backups, I hope?
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Port Spiking
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:06:33 GMT
Kristjan Varnik writes:
> I have looked around the web and found plenty of c code for opening and
> writing to serial ports, but nothing on voltages and raw analog signals.
While all serial ports put out a positve voltage when transmitting a space,
few come anywhere near 12V. There is nothing you can do in software to
change that.
I assume that what you need to do is apply +12V to one of the lines for a
specified period while holding the others in a specified state? Just wire
up some hardware to do it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fred Horan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: problem setting up a PCMCIA CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:15:46 -0400
I am using a Sony PCG-505TX laptop with RedHat v6.0 and am attempting to
install a ATAPI/PCMCIA CD-ROM (a Microtech MicroCD drive).
I have been able to get Linksys ethernet PCMCIA card to work with the RH
but I cannot mount the CD-ROM.
I have not been able to guess the which /dev to use. I have also tried to
MAKEDEV the proper device but mount complains about a missing module.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Fred Horan
--
Fred Horan
Ithaca NY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Maximum Ram?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:13:29 GMT
Hello!
I am installing RedHat 6.0 on a dual PII 400, Tyan Tiger
(1832DL) m/b with 1GB (PC100 256MB Registered DIMMs) of
ram. The install script hangs on boot and gives a kernel
panic error on 08:21 -whatever that means. I tried with
both a bootable CD and a floppy disk -each time it would
give the same kernel panic error on boot. I also tried
the "linux mem=1024MB" option too but it still would not
boot.
When I took out two of the DIMMS and left 512 MB ram in
the system, it did not have that problem. I was able to
install RedHat 6.0 and was also able to put back the two
DIMMs after the installation was complete and the machine
booted from the disk just fine.
My question is this:
Does linux have a problem with 1GB ram? I thought Linux
on Intel could handle 4Gigs. Also, how do I know that
now that I installed the RAM that I took out earlier...
-is it still available to the Linux OS in its totality
-i.e. it is not using just 512MB. I am not sure if the
second part of the question makes good sense, but if
someone could throw some light on memory use under
Linux, I would much appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for your time...
Sandeep
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:12:43 -0500
From: Douglas Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 386 no CD-ROM help??
How and what can I transfer from the Linux 6 or 5.2 CD-ROM to floppy on
my WinBox, to enable installation via floppy onto a couple 386 clones
(no CD-ROM) that are to be my first experimental subjects. I am dying
to get started with Linux, and finish forever with Microsoft, whose
every product has failed me miserably.
Thank you,
Douglas Hill
Austin, TX
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 and Iomega PP zip driver
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:12:24 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
root wrote:
> and the JDK seems not to be included in my installation).
Get the JDK from http://www.blackdown.org
Also,
If you want a GUI IDE, IBM's VisualAge Java is a free download - free
version limited to 500 classes.
But I've been using Blackdown's JDK 'cause emacs is all the IDE I need
! ;)
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Maximum Ram?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:43:54 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am installing RedHat 6.0 on a dual PII 400, Tyan Tiger
> (1832DL) m/b with 1GB (PC100 256MB Registered DIMMs) of
> ram. The install script hangs on boot and gives a kernel
> panic error on 08:21 -whatever that means. I tried with
> both a bootable CD and a floppy disk -each time it would
> give the same kernel panic error on boot. I also tried
> the "linux mem=1024MB" option too but it still would not
> boot.
>
> When I took out two of the DIMMS and left 512 MB ram in
> the system, it did not have that problem. I was able to
> install RedHat 6.0 and was also able to put back the two
> DIMMs after the installation was complete and the machine
> booted from the disk just fine.
>
> My question is this:
>
> Does linux have a problem with 1GB ram? I thought Linux
> on Intel could handle 4Gigs. Also, how do I know that
> now that I installed the RAM that I took out earlier...
> -is it still available to the Linux OS in its totality
> -i.e. it is not using just 512MB. I am not sure if the
> second part of the question makes good sense, but if
> someone could throw some light on memory use under
> Linux, I would much appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time...
>
> Sandeep
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Run "top", you will see what the avail mem and the mem being used is.
You can also use the GNOME sys monitor which is nothing but top with a
facelift and a few other goodies thrown in. If top sees it, the box sees
it.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Reduce Log File Size - How?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:50:48 GMT
Sounds great to me. But how can I do that by
using cron?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Robert Grizzard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> [followups set to comp.os.linux.misc]
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ORRIN
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am running SuSE 6.1 and the
var/log/messages file is getting very
> > large. Is there a utility to limit its size
by either date or size?
> > Can I just occasionaly delete it?
>
> I'm running a cron job as root that
deletes /var/log/messages.5 then
> moves /var/log/messages.4
to /var/log/messages.5 and repeats until it
> moves /var/log/messages
to /var/log/messages.1. It then touches
> /var/log/messages (to make the file) and issues
a "kill -1 `cat
> /var/run/syslogd.pid`" to restart logging. If
I wanted/needed more
> than five days of logs I'd write a shell script
to do the same things
> then call the script from cron.
>
> HTH
>
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 and Iomega PP zip driver
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:14:41 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> and this posting solved my problem! The parport_pc seems to be the
> trick, becuase I had done the above sequence without it to no avail.
Isn't that the point of modprobe vs insmod ? Doesn't modprobe load the
dependencies for you ?
Also, isn't there a way to set this up in conf.modules so that you don't
have to manually do either insmod or modprobe (Just click the "Drive
Mount" applet in your Gnome panel) ?
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